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Stubble burning in Haryana, UP, causes spike in Delhi's air pollution than
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Amid the spike in pollution, Delhi Environment Minister and AAP leader Gopal Rai on Sunday said that the stubble burning in Punjab does not have as much impact on the national capital as that of the smoke coming from farm fires in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
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Reached to stop farm fires, govt official made to burn stubble by farmers
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A group of farmers in Punjab's Bathinda district courted controversy after they allegedly forced a government official, who was part of a team to prevent farm fires, to burn the stubble lying in a field on Friday.
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Haryana govt implementing financial incentives to reduce cases of paddy st
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"Out of the 22 Districts of Haryana, in 09 Districts, the incidents of farm fires are nil or very minimal as per 2022 data on stubble burning. In respect of 04 Districts namely Palwal, Panipat, Rohtak and Sonipat, farm fires incidents have been brought down below 100, last year. The hotspot
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"Govt committed to working for welfare of farmers": Bhupender Yadav at wor
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Bhupender Yadav commended the concerted and collaborative efforts of the Commission and State Governments of Haryana and Punjab and all other stakeholders to substantially bring down the paddy farm fire coun
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Delhi's AQI improves to 'moderate' category with 176 AQI today
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Delhi's air quality improved due to the decline in farm fires in its neighbouring states.
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Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Human Rights Commission summons Chief Secretar
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The NHRC issued the directives in consideration of a report and the material on record received from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in response to its notice issued on June 22, 2022, following media reports which claimed that air pollution is a
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Delhi air pollution: Simple dos and don'ts to stay healthy when there's sm
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The smoke in the air due to industrialization and scenarios like farm fires when merged with fog, especially in winter create smog that comes with a bundle of severe conditions in humans, and animals and has the capability to kill plants. Smog has a direct effect on the respiratory system
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Delhi wakes up to thick smog, air quality index dips to 'severe'
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital at 8 am was at 364 (in the 'Very Poor' category) and at 7 am the recorded AQI stood at 408 ('Severe'). Unfavorable meteorological conditions with slower wind speed and sudden spike in farm fire incidents are attributed to the dip in air
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CM Kejriwal slams Centre for not finding solution to air pollution in Nort
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The Aam Aadmi Party supremo rebuked Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav for blaming Punjab AAP for the rising level of air pollution in the national capital. Kejriwal said that it is being deliberately portrayed that only Punjab and AAP are the causes of air pollution.
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There's no doubt who turned Delhi into a gas chamber: Union Minister Bhupe
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
BJP leader Bhupendra Yadav attacked AAP over the rising rate of farm fires in Punjab. He also blamed the AAP-run Punjab government for rising air pollution in Delhi.
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No let up in Punjab farm fires as Delhi chokes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
As the air pollution in the national capital increases, the number of stubble-burning events in Punjab shows no sign of reducing.
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CAQM holds emergency meeting to address deteriorating air quality of NCR
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The Commission while comprehensively reviewing the overall air quality parameters during the meeting noted that due to unfavorable meteorological conditions with slower wind speed and sudden spike in the farm fire incidents, it is considered necessary to implement Stage III of GRAP with imme
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